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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1978)
South African journalist to discuss apartheid Donald Woods, an escaped journalist from the Republic of South Africa, will speak tonight in the EMU Ballroom concerning the civil rights situation in his country. The 8 p.m. lecture is free. Woods, who escaped from South Africa on New Year’s Eve 1977, will discuss the death of civil rights leader Steven Biko and the South African policy of apartheid. Biko died last year while being held in a South African prison, and his death has sparked more out side interest in that county’s racial policies. Woods, who had op posed apartheid through his paper, The Daily Dispatch, was declared a “non-person” by the South African government in Oc tober 1977, and was banned from writing. Plain clothes policemen kept him under constant surveil lance, and his mail was subject to interception. Woods defied the ban on writing by beginning his book, Biko, which he finished after escaping to England. The book was re leased last May and details the life of Biko, the leader of the Black consciousness movement in South Africa. It also includes a his tory of the apartheid policy in South Africa. Apartheid, or "apartness” in the Afrikaans (mixture of Dutch and English) language, has been the law in South Africa since 1948. The nation’s 3 million whites and Catherine siegner of environmental concern A recent decision allowing ex pansion of storage for spent radioactive fuel at the Trojan nuc lear plant will be appealed by the Portland-based Coalition for Safe Power. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an applica tion from Portland General Elec tric Co., the majority owner of the plant, to increase the number of racks in the spent fuel pool to ac commodate waste produced through 1988. The plant was orig inally built and licensed to store no more than four years of waste at the rate of one refueling per year. Susan Garrett of the Coalition says evidence presented at hear ings held on PGE’s request indi cates Torjan’s power will not be necessary, and no waste need be generated ‘‘until at least the mid-1980s.” “The NRC allowed PGE to build most of the expansion before any hearing was held,” Garrett said. “The hearing was just an exer cise- The NRC’s decision was a foregone conclusion.” Two state senators have filed suit in Multnomah County to force the state Energy Facility Siting Council to hold hearnings on whether expansion of spent fuel storage at Trojan is legal under Oregon law. Ted Hallock and Jan Wyers, both Portland Democrats, base the suit on a 1977 legislative act which prohibits “permanent” storage of radioactive waste in Oregon. An insurance broker from San Francisco will speak on “The Im perative Nature of Nuclear Power” in an Honors College sponsored colloquium today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in 307 Chapman. Earle Maynard, president of Maynard & Co., is an expert in the highly protected risk area of insur ance. His firm is one of the few to contract with public utilities to pre pare reports on nuclear generat ing station fire protection required by federal law. The little snail darter has lost its case. In the closing hours of the 1978 Congressional session, the House voted to exempt the Tellico Dam in Tennessee from the En dangered Species Act. This vote will allow flooding of the habitat of the two-inch-long fish. The Supreme Court ruled last June the dam could not be com pleted because it violated federal law. Environmentalists see this ac tion as a step toward weakening the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Endangered species are being assailed from other direc tions also. Rep. Bob Duncan, D-Ore., successfully tacked two amendments onto a House bill designed to set up a new appeals process when projects would threaten the habitat of an en dangered or declining species. One of Duncan’s amendments provides a new legal definition of “species,” which reduces the number of animals now protected. The second amendment limits federal protection to specific areas “essential to the conserva tion of the species.” Michael Bean of the Environ mental Defense Fund says Duncan’s amendment means we have to sit idly by and watch the bald eagle disappear from the lower United States because it is still healthy in Alaska.” “The grizzly bear could get no protection in the U.S. because there are healthy populations out side the United States,” he adds. The Alaska lands bill, which would have extended federal pro tection to 100 million acres of wil derness areas, national parks and wildlife refuges, is dead. The bill had passed the House and was being reworked on in the Senate. Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, had earlier threatened to kill the bill because it would "lock up” too much of the state. 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The Biomass Workshop will be held at Portland’s Lloyd Center Sheraton Hotel. 13 million blacks have lived in strict segregation since that time, while blacks have no political power and may not vote. South African leaders, how ever, point to the country’s economy, which is the most pros perous in Africa, and cite the chao tic political situations in African countries where inexperienced blacks have taken over. Woods has opposed apartheid since 1960, and began his vigor ous criticism of that system when he became editor of The Daily Dispatch in 1965. He briefly en tered politics before moving to journalism, but was soon disil lusioned. “If I couldn’t convert my fellow whites with oratory,” said Woods, “ I would try to do so with the pen. ” Tonight Woods moves back to oratory, but undoubtedly in front of a more friendly audience. Residency rule sets limitations on rent refunds Many Oregon renters will re ceive refunds in the next few days, but with some restrictions accord ing to the Off-Campus Housing Office. A new residency rule requires that renters must be present in Oregon on Dec. 31 of each year or have a December’s rent receipt to receive refunds. Anyone affected by this rule should call 686-3731. Those changing addresses should call the Department of Re venue at 686-7718 to make sure that refunds are forwarded. the BLUE GRASS BOYS Featuring Kenny Baker on fiddle Plus The Balfa Brothers, Cajun Music [Thursday, November 2 Two Shows - 7 & 10 pm EMU Ballroom Tickets: $4.00 U of O students $5.50 General Public Ticket Outlets: EMU Main Desk. U of O Bookstore. Eveiybodv's Records Eugene and Corvallis. Backstage Dancewear and Theatrical Supple and Kimball s House of Strings
